The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-06-05

t a cy exninr faems
his insistence on tho procepts Of Christ as fur.
N hn@an MIGHT H
tian, but, Judged BY q doctEinal standard: he e
S sfy iran amoSo the nee p"s scSo%e
OF redemption, Including original sin, atone.
q thS soul H. 1slSsiSp Is
SSrist 's and ssssRss SRrlsts 'E prssepts as
duct, It is. not. because no believes that
Christ was God. but because he regards those
est and nobest philosophy OF life, and as a
viii and character. He insists however, that
and IN their most Obvious sense. II Christ
sS He did not TIN mean resist not evil Il you can
help 1t, nor resist not evil unless it is unbcar-
able; he meant resist not at al Il, Tho Count
5S% psaos and
nns eo village s ahs % S SS Pen a
Ss hS GGan a TT rae
1 hs Sat shey hsd rec rsesny A
hS xha do yGn think
he sn be hmm th haze h tS dsn
church IN order Eh' to live rishty 0' A''u
:, At this momont e young man shabbily
Sronsht tne to Count Tosto Pday
mail from the neighboring village. He
sradaate q ne on Of the Russian
Count Tolstoi's diseiples. He carried tho lat;
far rNrn nFIn In n hn limit Nf
logical application. He had no property, no
home, not eyon q, settled place Of abode, He
soluteiy to receive "a any eompsnsation except
food, clothing, and shelter. Even these neces-
FiG Of life he accepted not as for
are needed. He toiled Wherever he thought
mako them for him; when he was hungry, he
night came he came he slept under any roof
where no happened TO be. In short, he devoted
his life to society ut large. and society ut large
=, The conversation turned upon foreign edi;
tions Of his books. and he said that ne had
ers Of one. Of his novels an offer of a royalty.
upon condition that he should allow that firm
to call theirs the authSrized edition s Of his
agreements. and that he did not desire to have
novels. He had great difienlty, he said, in
getting his religious ideas before the Russian
Rs Of t1 the tbs of os st
Holy Synod, and BY. tho ecclesiastical censor.
l told him that had seen many Autographed
In circulation IN. st. Petersburg and Moscow.
Yes" he replied; the Government will not
shem
ideas in one form and allows them to DO print
ed In another. 1t refused me permission to
Contained in Ivan Durak Z Ivan the FoolD.
rccast them in tho form OF q short story for
them e %itho%t objeetfcn WI Was t 1rbidden to
print my Ispoyed { Confession ,. but the &C.
ssss ii s4 bs pe eSew t1 web
an elaborate refutation Of my ,heresies by Q
p.e|ate Of the church am told" he added
leaves Of the Orthodox Review that are cut
are those on which my Confession is found"
Our co conversation was interrupted n at this
dinner was simple, informal, and In every way
enjoyable, The conversation, rs at lunch was
himself seemed to participate, with Keen zest
IN the laughter. rsillIery; and badinaFs Of the
apen Whenever saw them toseher
everything that such relations should be-cor-
dial, sympathetic, and affectionate.
The Toseo ne to drnf tea
IN her stnE I'm and there we we're soon
tray. containing shoemakers Instruments
sn END S nes ID pair sood
took up one 8, q the shoes; ana began ,
natural Thing in the World for ' the author Of
Anna Karennina, and the owner of an estate
his evenings in cobbling. I seated myself
directly opposite him; where could OCCASION
y ss his aSGr by sgd banging nd hm
planned to me the fne points Of workmanship
difficulty, Of. trimming a sole neatly without
~ sS1 n 4Sy sS %S
ress Of his labor for half an hour decided
After some further talk upon the art
ca ea pToso by pTafh e
conversation to, America. In the course
Of the s9 % he nd b he h9sh i
eqsr wh nseT psleh ss ts HeF tradition
Mormo 9 he replied }o9 are Crushing HIM the the
haSe R pGSsss SssaS you
But" said, have you over heard what we
Perhaps not he answered; "tell me-"
IRENE anti Chinese Vows that have ever r' pre-
vailed upon the Paeis coast and to draw as
OF the
ruined by Chinese, CHEAP labor"
We'll" he said when finished. =" is that all ?"
ALI" / exclaimed; Isn't that enough
Suppose the Chinese should como to California
at the rate OF hundred thousand year: they
would simply crush our civilization on the
We'll" rcjoined the Count. what OF It 2
The Chinese have as much right there as you"
But would you not allow people to pro-
tect itself against that sort Of alien invasion 2"
why alien ?" said the Count. why do you
make q distinction between foreigners and
conntrymenI To me all men men are brSthers. no
Americans or Chinese"
But suppose" said that your Chinese
brethren came across the sea in sufficient num-
beers to reduce you to slavery: you would prob
ably object to that"
why should II" rejoined the Count with
quiet importurbability. Slavery is working
for others: all want is to work for others.
Count Tolstoi Is, perhaps at the present time
tine most Ed OF and widely rd
any. his teaching and his example will have
possible as yet 10 predict. Thus far tho re.
suits are unimportant. and the verdict, OF
educated society is adverse to the philosopher
and to his, philosophy. ] am not at all sure,